Bull kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana) growth rates as climate stress indicators for Canada's Pacific coast

• Main Authors: Ondine Pontier (Author), Olivia Rhoades (Author), Brenton Twist (Author), Dan Okamoto (Author), Margot Hessing-Lewis (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing, 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Primary producers' growth rates are ideal bioindicators of changing climate due to their sensitivity to environmental conditions. On the Central Coast of British Columbia, we assessed growth rates of Nereocystis luetkeana, a canopy-forming annual kelp, by assessing baseline variability in growt...